See also: vid, vith, viď, vid., and víð

Faroese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse við.

Preposition edit

við

  1. (with accusative or with dative) with
  2. (with accusative) beside, near
  3. (with accusative) in
Antonyms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See viður.

Noun edit

við

  1. indefinite accusative singular of viður

Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse vit, the first-person dual personal pronoun; the plural was vér.

Pronoun edit

við

  1. (personal pronoun) we, nominative plural form of the personal pronoun ég (I)
    Við erum vinir.We are friends.
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse við.

Preposition edit

við

  1. (with accusative) beside, near, next to
    Ég stend við vegginn.I'm standing next to the wall.
  2. (with accusative, idiomatic, between people) with, to
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

við

  1. indefinite accusative/dative singular of viður

Old Norse edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /wið/, [wið]
  • (13th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /wɪð/, [wɪð]
  • Rhymes: -ɪð

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Germanic *wiþiz, *wiþjǭ (cord, rope), from Proto-Indo-European *weyt- (that which winds or bends, branch, switch), from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (to turn, wind, bend).

Noun edit

við f (genitive viðjar, plural viðjar)

  1. withy, withe; collar
    viðjar af gulli
    collars of gold
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Germanic *wiþi, a shortened form of Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (against), from Proto-Indo-European *wi-tero- (more apart), from *wi (separation).

Alternative forms edit

Preposition edit

við

  1.  (with dative)
    1. against
    2. (of direction) towards, against
      horfa við e-m
      to look towards, to face
    3. (sociative) along with
    4. (instrumental) with
    5. among
    6. (denoting barter, exchange) against, for
    7. (denoting remedy) against
    8. (denoting contest) against
  2. (with accusative)
    • Vǫluspá in skamma 13.
      Haf gengr hríðum / við himin sjalfan…
    1. by, at close to
    2. (about time) towards, at
      við sólarsetr
      at sunset
    3. (about a person) towards, respecting, regarding
    4. (of cause) by, at
      falla við hǫgg
      to fall by a stroke
    5. as compared with, set off against
    6. according to
Descendants edit
  • Icelandic: við
  • Faroese: við
  • Norwegian: ved
  • Elfdalian: wið
  • Old Swedish: vīþ, viþer
  • Danish: ved
  • Old Gutnish: wiþr, wiþ

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

við

  1. indefinite accusative singular of viðr

References edit

  • viðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.